Grumman F6F N100TF

3 April 1979 · San Marcos, California, United States · No injuries

Summary

On 3 April 1979 at about 12:45 local time, a Grumman F6F registered N100TF was involved in an accident during in flight near San Marcos, California, United States. One person was on board and nobody was injured. The aircraft was destroyed. No probable cause statement is available for this record.

The record

Date: 3 April 1979 at 12:45
Classification: Accident
Location: San Marcos, California, United States
Coordinates: Not recorded
Aircraft: Grumman F6F
Registration: N100TF
Category: Fixed-Wing
Engines: 1
Operator: Not recorded
Operating rule: Private Owner
Purpose of flight: Pleasure
Phase of flight: In Flight
Route: Carlsbad, Ca → Local
Aircraft damage: Destroyed
Weather: VMC
Light: Daylight
NTSB number: 3-2041

People

Nobody was injured.

On board	Died	Serious	Minor	Uninjured
1	0	0	0	1

Probable cause

The NTSB has not published a probable cause for this record. No probable cause statement is present in the source data.

Nothing about the cause is stated here that is not in the source record.

No coordinates. The source record does not contain a latitude and longitude, so this accident cannot be shown on the map. Everything else about it is on this page.

Source

NTSB record 3-2041, from the public aviation accident database.

Records from before 1982 are not in the NTSB's online investigation search. The full dataset can be downloaded from data.ntsb.gov/avdata.

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Date	Aircraft	Location	Operator	Outcome	Died
12 Jun 1977	Grumman F6F-3 N4965V	Canby, Oregon, United States no coordinates	-	Serious injuries	-
4 Dec 1976	Grumman F6F-5 N100TF	Elsinore, California, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
12 Oct 1969	Grumman F6F N7861C	Victoria, Texas, United States no coordinates	-	No injuries	-
8 Oct 2005	Grumman F6F N4994V	Monterey, Tennessee, United States	Arthur St Clair Vance	Fatal	1

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